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I made my 21st edition of "The Latest on the Nostr - A Weekly Nostr Recap" (April 28th, 2025) highlight notable news, releases, community milestones, upcoming events, and more from across the Nostr ecosystem. I am aiming to bring you a concise but comprehensive overview. So you can stay in the loop without chasing every thread. Below, you’ll find mentions of the incredible contributors and creators whose work, insights and enthusiasm powered this decentralized network last week. Dive in, discover what’s new and consider zapping these plebs to show your support. Let’s #growNostr together!



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🗞️ The Latest the Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap - 28th April 2025 🚀
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🧠 Quote of the Week
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“Nostr is how we orange pill the masses.”

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🔥 Community Highlights
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1. Analysis of Reactions and Original Notes on #Nostr Over Two Years




2. Evaluating custom feeds on and pointing out the bug




3. The connection between Nostr and #Bitcoin




4. Posting on Nostr regarding the lockout on X




5. Global Spreading progress of Nostr




6. Seeking plebs’ favourite Nostr clients




7. The Healthiest social network relationship of ever




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🌱 Ecosystem Growth
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Nostr is growing fast! According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr, there are now over 140 Nostr clients, over 50 relays and over 450 Nostr apps are running in more than 40 countries around the globe.

During this week:

- Total zaps: 35,342, compared to 40,070 zaps the week before



- Total zap amount: 7,352,762, compared to 10,120,790 sats the week before



- Total events: 3,348,038, compared to 4,823,280 events the week before



Many thanks to https://stats.nostr.band by and all the contributors of https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr for providing these insights.


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🎓 Educational Guide
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No Educational Guides for this week.


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📅 Upcoming Events
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1. in Las Vegas - Nostr lounge - July 2025

📅 Date: May 28 - 29, 2025
⏰ Time: At 1.00pm PDT
📍 Location: The Venetian Las Vegas
(3355 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA)
🤹‍♀️ Organizers:
(28th meetup) - , ,
(29th meetup) - ,
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🔗 Event: https://b.tc/conference/2025




2. NOSTRBAMA Nostr Conference - July 2025

📅 Date: July 15 - 17, 2025
📍 Location: The Hatch (upstairs Haberdasher), 113 Dauphin Street. Mobile, Alabama.
🤹‍♀️ Organizers: , ,

🔗 Event: https://nostrbama.com/


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📰 Nostr in the Media
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1. The kindness and support of the Nostr community



https://x.com/BachleTanja/status/1915349348273041815


2. Take control of your life with Nostr



https://x.com/SondreB/status/1916369974026707075


3. Publishing the same content on Nostr & X / Twitter



https://x.com/primal_app/status/1913339091795464663


4. Nostr is truely #Decentralized



https://x.com/santhoshj/status/1915422681547083830


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⚡ Most Zapped Last Week
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Nostr’s Value4Value (V4V) model is all about plebs directly rewarding creators for the value they receive, no middlemen fees, no ads, just pure community-driven support using sats via the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Thanks to https://zaplife.lol by for providing this data. Here are the top zapped posts from last week, showcasing creators who received the most engagement:


🔥 Top 3: Most Zaps


1. Zaps Received: 111
Sats Earned: 30k




2. Zaps Received: 53
Sats Earned: 25k




3. Zaps Received: 49
Sats Earned: 5k




💰 Top 3: Most Sats


1. Sats Earned: 39k
Zaps Received: 31




2. Sats Earned: 35k
Zaps Received: 29




3. Sats Earned: 30k
Zaps Received: 111




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🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases
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1. Zappix - A nostr image sharing application - New Tool

Zappix is a Nostr client designed to deliver a clean, image-centric user experience. Built using React, TypeScript, Material UI, and the Nostr Development Kit (NDK), it focuses on visual content and smooth interaction, providing a modern and polished frontend for Nostr users.

Developed by:
Source: https://github.com/derekross/zappix


2. Yumyume - 0.5.0 – Beef Curry with Shemai

Yumyume is a social bookmarking tool built on the Nostr protocol, helping users discover, share and organize bookmarks. In this "Beef Curry with Shemai" release, Yumyume migrates to the new NIP-B0 standard (kind 39701) for better compatibility and future-proofing. The homepage is now unified, combining the feed, popular tags and bookmark creation in one easy place, making the platform more accessible and organized. This release also includes important bug fixes and code improvements for a smoother experience. The concept is from .

To support its growth, contributions to the campaign are encouraged, with rewards available for even less than the cost of a yearly Pinboard subscription.

https://geyser.fund/project/yumyume

Developed by:
Source: https://gitlab.com/digitalethicsagency/nostr/yumyume/-/releases/0.5.0


3. Kinostr - Release

Kinostr is a Nostr-based platform for sharing and discussing videos in real time. In this release Kinostr added timestamp mode, letting users post clickable timestamps in chats for easier scene-specific discussions. Other improvements include fixing sidebar overflow, publishing the first note as a chat message with cover art and hashtags, and adding genre categories from hashtags, making browsing smoother.

Developed by:
Source:


4. Zapstore - 0.2.6

Zapstore is a social, permissionless app store that lets users discover and share Nostr apps freely. In this release, Zapstore fixes issues with app detail refresh and reputation verification using DVM, while introducing a basic developer screen. These updates enhance app browsing and improve trust.

Developed by:
Source: https://github.com/zapstore/zapstore/releases/tag/0.2.6


5. Coracle - 0.6.10

Coracle is an experimental Nostr client designed to unlock the full potential of using multiple relays, letting users browse, filter, zap, and create custom feeds for a more curated experience. In this release, Coracle brings major improvements including faster page loads, better storage handling for improved performance and multiple bug fixes like Spotify URL parsing, reply drafts, and account creation issues. These updates make Coracle more stable, faster, and better at handling relay connections for a smoother user experience.

Developed by:
Source: https://github.com/coracle-social/coracle/releases/tag/0.6.10


6. Hivetalk - v0.0.4 - Winter Freeze

HiveTalk is a browser-based real-time video calling tool that combines Nostr and Lightning to enable seamless communication. In this release, HiveTalk improves usability with updates like a collapsible side button bar, clearer hero banner text, link previews and better handling of active rooms using Handlebars. These enhancements make HiveTalk smoother, more interactive and better organized for users connecting over Nostr.

Developed by: ,
Source: https://github.com/HiveTalk/hivetalksfu/releases/tag/v0.0.4


7. Nostrmo - 3.0.0

Nostrmo is a Flutter-based Nostr client available across Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Web and Linux. This release adds support for Nesigner on desktop platforms, recodes the local relay database using ISar for better performance and upgrades to the latest Flutter version. It also introduces new features like displaying comment events (kind 1111) and improved decoding for relay groups and follow sets, making Nostrmo more powerful and reliable across devices.

Developed by:
Source: https://github.com/haorendashu/nostrmo/releases/tag/3.0.0


8. Amber - v3.3.0

Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android that helps users securely manage their nsec keys in a dedicated app. In this release, Amber improves security and reliability by automatically removing any special characters when users paste their nsec, reducing the chance of input errors or issues during signing. This is the latest release, But there were the releases v3.2.9, v3.2.8, v3.2.7 also in this week.

Developed by:
Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber/releases/tag/v3.3.0


9. Runstr - Core Functionality v0.2.9.9-alpha

RUNSTR is a running app built on the Nostr protocol, designed to bring social and fitness activities together. In this alpha release, RUNSTR improves performance with faster feed loading, upgrades zap functionality to NWC, enhances the splits dashboard and introduces featured team management through NIP29. It also overhauls the music player experience and adds NIP101h health tracking, allowing users to save fitness metrics like weight, height and fitness level directly to Nostr. There were release v1.0.0 and more pre-releases also this week.

Developed by:
Source: https://github.com/HealthNoteLabs/Runstr/releases/tag/new-features-0.1.0-20250426-192837


10. 0xchat App - v1.4.9

0xchat App is a chat application built on the Nostr protocol, available for iOS and Android. In this release, 0xchat introduces updated NIP-29 group logic with support for group admin roles, giving users more control over group management. Additionally, it adds support for Aegis URL scheme login on iOS, making authentication smoother and more secure for Apple users.

Developed by:
Source: https://github.com/0xchat-app/0xchat-app-main/releases/tag/v1.4.9-release


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🎁 Developer Tools, updates and Guides
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1. SNSTR - Simple Nostr Software Toolkit for Retards - New Developer Tool

SNSTR (Simple Nostr Software Toolkit) is a lightweight TypeScript library for interacting with the Nostr protocol. It offers a simple, minimal-dependency API, making it easy for developers to integrate Nostr into their projects. Although still under development, SNSTR aims to simplify the building process for Nostr applications.

Developed by:
Source: https://github.com/AustinKelsay/snstr


2. Noscrypt - v0.1.9

Noscrypt is a Nostr-specific cryptography library written in C, designed to handle secure encryption operations. This release adds a C# .NET 8.0 wrapper, full NIP-44 vector testing and important updates like newer mbedtls and OpenSSL versions for improved security. It also introduces API changes for better consistency, making Noscrypt more robust and accessible for developers building secure Nostr applications.
Developed by:
Source: https://github.com/VnUgE/noscrypt/releases/tag/v0.1.9


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🌐 Relay Updates and Releases
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No Relay Updates and Releases for this week.


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👋 Stay in Touch & Zap
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Nostr is built by the plebs, for the plebs. If you found this recap helpful, consider supporting me, Nomishka with a zap.

I’m committed to supporting Nostr and I split a part of the zaps I receive for this note with the plebs mentioned in this recap for all their great effort. Thank you so much for being part of this journey. Let me know your thoughts about this twenty first recap, share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #nostrrecap and let’s keep #grownostr together.

A big shoutout to for his generous patronage!

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